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Bipartisan group hosts rally at Capitol over Syria

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A bipartisan group of legislators and community activists opposed to further United States involvement in the Syrian conflict are holding a rally at the state Capitol.

The “Syria: Not Our War” rally will begin at 7 p.m. Friday at the Capitol’s south plaza.

Moore Republican Rep. Paul Wesselhoft, a retired U.S. Army chaplain, is among several lawmakers who helped organize the rally. Wesselhoft says any U.S. involvement in arming rebels in Syria is a “grave error” and says he hopes the rally will spark broader opposition in the country to the nation’s growing involvement in the conflict.

Others who plan to speak at the rally include Peace House Director Nathanial Batchelder and Steve Byas, the publisher of the conservative newspaper the Oklahoma Constitution.